1. Plant small French marigolds in a greenhouse of tomatoes for they ward off blight [New Longton, Lancashire, June 1993].
2. A tip for tomato growers: put a French marigold among the tomato plants in the greenhouse to keep greenfly away [Didcot, Oxfordshire, February 1991].
Images: main, cultivated, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, September 2014; inset, planted amongst broad beans (Vicia faba), presumably to deter aphids, Brandy Hole Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, June 2015.
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